Something Which Does Not Like a Wall
There is--
Something in me which doesn't like a wall,
between you and me,
between inside us or outside turrets.
I keep faith inside
though outside are warring armies.
Monstrous animals dispatched
spies vs spies in strait jackets
while walls reverberate
with results of murder.
Perhaps tomorrow I'll be aggrieved
Because my enemy chose to persist
I'll yield to a one suitcase exit
all the way to the jet.
About this poem
I wrote this because that first line stuck in my mind for a few days--I assumed it was from Robert Frost, I found it very compelling to use it myself.
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Written on August 06, 2023
Submitted by marypaintsnpencils1 on August 11, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 405 |
Words | 76 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4 |
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